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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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This aerial shot from Google Maps shows some of the streets of Tapawingo, around Tapawingo National Golf Club.

Tapawingo takeover under review once again

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 26, 2021

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen heard a petition earlier this month to accept private streets for city maintenance in the Manors of Tapawingo subdivision.  The aldermen heard a proposal Oct. 12...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page speaks to reporters after voting Aug. 4, 2020, in Creve Coeur  in the Democratic primary.

St. Louis County budget includes funding for ongoing COVID response, county staffing

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 25, 2021

The St. Louis County Council has begun the process of reviewing the multi-million-dollar 2022 budget ahead of its December approval.  The County Council will weigh the $900 million budget over the...

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 21, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors unanimously set its 2021 tax rate — which governs how much taxpayers pay in their property taxes due Dec. 31 — at a Sept. 29 tax-rate hearing.  The...

Board continues to uphold mask resolution

Board continues to uphold mask resolution

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education voted last month to continue requiring universal masking inside all district facilities for all students, staff and administrators regardless of vaccination status.  The...

With parents and a student sitting behind him socially distanced, Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines presents bond issue information to the Board of Education, including conceptual drawings, at the Oct. 15, 2020, board meeting held in person at the Mehlville High School Library. The presentation was ‘very thorough,’ then board President Kevin Schartner said. The meeting was also livestreamed.

Mehlville passes next five-year phase of district’s strategic plan

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education passed the next five-year iteration of the district’s strategic plan last month, after years of planning and gathering feedback from the community about what the next...

Sixth District St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas, the councils presiding officer at the time, listens to public comment from mothers of St. Louis County policemen at a 2019 council meeting.

St. Louis County Council changing streaming services

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 13, 2021

The St. Louis County Council will move away from using YouTube as its streaming service this month.  After Oct. 19, council meetings will be exclusively streamed on a new platform called BoxCast.  The...

Welcoming refugees is more than just the right thing to do

Welcoming refugees is more than just the right thing to do

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 12, 2021

With recent headlines in the national news about refugees from Haiti and as Afghan refugees begin to arrive in St. Louis to create a new home here, it seems like a good time to remind everyone that...

Mehlville Board of Education member Jean Pretto and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Crutcher discuss the 2020 budget during a meeting June 5, 2019 at Mehlville High School.

Mehlville Board of Education approves 2021 blended tax rate, includes levy for Prop S

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 5, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously passed the 2021 blended tax rate at its annual tax rate hearing Sept. 21.  The Board of Education approved a blended tax rate of $3.6598, a 14-cent decrease...

County Executive Sam Page appears in a mask at the July 2020 ribbon cutting for 9 Mile Garden food truck plaza in Affton.

County enacts new mask mandate, says this one meets legal requirements

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 5, 2021

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced a new mask mandate last week, effective immediately, after the county was blocked from enforcing a prior order.  The new mandate, announced by Page in...

A black-and-white photo submitted in the 1980s to the National Register of Historic Places of the Joseph Sappington Cabin.

Historic Sappington Cabin will move to Crestwood city park

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 4, 2021

The Thomas Sappington Historic Site in Crestwood will get a new addition in the future after the Board of Aldermen voted last week in favor to help partially fund the move of a historical cabin to the...

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